Background

Mr. Amr A. ElSawy has been the Chief Executive of Noblis, Inc. since October 2007 and serves as its President. Mr. ElSawy serves as a Member of the Executive team of FAA, responsible for the creation and management of its capacity enhancement plan-the Operational Evolution Plan (OEP). Mr. ElSawy served as Executive Vice President of Noblis, Inc. since January 2007. Mr. ElSawy served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Center for Advanced Aviation System Development ... of The Mitre Corporation. Mr. ElSawy served as Director of the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD). He served as Chairman of RTCA from June 2004 to 2006. In 2005, Mr. ElSawy was elected to AIAA board as Vice President for Standards. From 1987 to 1997, Mr. ElSawy served in various senior management positions in CAASD and was responsible for strategy development, cross-functional integration, systems engineering, and architecture evolution of programs. In 1993, Mr. ElSawy served as Co-chair of an aviation industry task force. Earlier, he served as a Member of Executive Panels responsible for oversight of the implementation of large distributed information systems and networks for Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Advanced Weather Information Processing System of the National Weather Service (NWS). Mr. ElSawy has been a Member of Board of Trustees of Noblis, Inc. since January 2007. He serves as a Board Member for the American Institute of Aeronautics. He serves as a Director of Wolftrap Foundation For The Performing Arts. He served as Director of FAA FFRDC from 1999 to 2006. He has earned an international reputation as a leader in aviation. Mr. ElSawy holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1998, a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University in 1980 and a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University in 1977. He was inducted in the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Academy at WVU in 2007.

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